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rookery steve
Team:Watford
Joined: February 2008
Caps: 9

The Rob Styles Show

Posted by: rookery steve, Sat 15th Mar 2008
NEWS FLASH: ROB STYLES GETS IT WRONG AGAIN. Is it me or do mistakes and Rob Styles name seem to go hand in hand. This man has been deemed not good enough to refree at the premiership level, so obviously he is good enough to refree a championship game. Well on what i saw of this man today he isn't fit to refree a kids under 5's game. This man is useless as an official and keeps making the same mistakes at games again and again. If that was anyone in a REAL job and made as many mistakes as Mr Styles then they would have been sacked a long time ago. When are the F.A going to make a punishment an actual punishment, when i say this i mean if he gets relegated to lower division football make it Blue Square Conference level then that might take the refrees head from out of his backside and make them realise it's about a game of 11 v 11 and not the bloke in the middle that seems to get it wrong more often than right. This sounds like i'm ranting again which of course i am but on a good note Watford battled out a point and i must say if had been a Stoke fan i would see that game as a chance missed to again 3 points off 10 men instead they seemed happy to defend and not press, while Watford attacked a made more chances through out the game. Richard Lee could have gone for a tea break for some of the second half. Watford have the fitness to achive, they also have the passion to win, all we're missing now is the goals, Henderson as usual ran his heart out. JJ O'Toole i thought aged 5 years in experience and played a mature game for someone of his age. The back 4 were giants and looked so solid, Tommy and Jobi ran and ran created and as with all of this season have been the creation in the team. Eustace was unlucky and should never have seen red, yes it was a booking but as with most things in football the person tackled makes the most of it. As i said before this game could have been a fantasic clash but yet again it was ruined by an idiot ref who thinks he is more important than the game, you know who you are so will you please take your heads out of your backsides and start thinking about the game and not your egos.
Elliot Griffiths
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I am a Birmingham City fan
I am a Birmingham City fan and whenever I hear that Rob Styles is refereeing in one of the Blues' matches, I give up on getting a win. He always makes awful decisions against certain teams. He is the definition of a biased referee. He is not only an awful ref, he gives all the decisions in favour of the same teams week in week out. I agree that he should never be refereeing at Premier League or Championship level. I am myself a qualified referee and I am astounded at some of the decisions he makes. He is always the centre of attention in football matches and the good referees are the ones that aren't noticed. I realise the pressure that referees are under, but to be as poor as Rob Styles is unforgivable in the Premier League. There are hundreds of referees who can do a better job than Styles and it is about time the F.A. took some action and relegated him to a lower league.

Alan Davies
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Reply to Elliot
Reply to Elliot Griffiths: Styles has obviously read your reply and taken sympathy. Are you going to eat your words now? (Not the bit about awful decisions, clearly!) From a Manchester City fan!

andy
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Reply |to Elliot Do you
Reply |to Elliot Do you think the F.A or Keith Hackett will have the bottle to punish Mr Styles

Borofan
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Rob Styles is a disgrace.
Rob Styles is a disgrace. He is either completely inept and clueless when it comes to officiating a football match or he is a blatant cheat. I believe he is both of these things. An arrogant clown of a man who deserves to be booted out of football completely. I'm sure Sir Alex shared a glass of wine or two with him after today's game though!

WaWa
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For the good of the game
For the good of the game take Styles out to the pasture and shoot him, the guy is finished retire him......

Gaz
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These Refs are paid a
These Refs are paid a handsome wage now to be at top-flight level. This is where it is going wrong. Graham Poll was exactly the same as Styles. They want to be celebrities not refs. You might remember just over a year ago Chelsea got a dodgy penalty earning a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield. Any guesses who the referee was for that game? Yes, Mr Styles. Referees' chief Keith Hackett explained at the time he expected officials to get big decisions correct and promptly relieved Styles of his duties the following weekend. Officials had to be accountable for mistakes, he said. I want the referees to have to come out after every game to give an interview, not a grilling but an interview and an insight in to what he was thinking when he gave that decision. They want to be the talking point and that’s why they court controversy. If they continue to get it wrong Hackett should have the balls to sack them but he hasn’t and Hackett was a crap ref to in his day. There a decent ones out there Clatterburg, Wiley, Halsey, Webb, Dowd and Foy. Bennett dropped a clanger today he is not human he is a machine, a robot all the gear and no idea!! Hackett GET A GRIP!!

joe souter
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Rob Stiles does it again!!
Rob Stiles does it again!! Red carded Feye and given man city pen following a good clean tackle and good contact with the ball. He is not good enough to ref matches in the league.Should be sacked NOW!!

tankman69
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I'M A sunderland supporter
I'M A sunderland supporter and my wife supports our arch enemies NEWCASTLE. i have just witnessed a great injustice to NEWCASTLE.  beye sent of following a great clean tackle.   .... and a penalty to boot (pun intended)    now an easy question.     Which Ref got it wrong again???     Yes  you are right....Rob Stiles.           NUFF SAID!!

Norman Watson
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Rob Styles is the biggest
Rob Styles is the biggest joke in referees since Graeme Poll and Jeff Winter. CLOWNS the 3 of them and i wouldnt give them the time of day.

Peter Smith
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It is not just that he made
It is not just that he made the wrong decision, it is that he had to guess what that decision was because he was 40 yards behind play. He was not close enough to see if it was a penalty so he should not have given it. The linesman was level with play and did not flag, but did not have the guts to tell Styles (who finally caught up with play when he sensed a red card might be needed)that he had got it wrong. Styles does not learn from his mistakes and therefore should be sacked. P.s. I bet he still thinks it was a penalty